Earl R. Merrill: If You're Going On A Reality TV Show - And Thus Off Social Media - Be Sure Your Parent Doesn't Report You Missing

Sunday, February 4, 2018

If You're Going On A Reality TV Show - And Thus Off Social Media - Be Sure Your Parent Doesn't Report You Missing

A Bachelor contestant's mother couldn't contact her for a while - and reported her missing to the local sheriff's office, which kept a Missing Persons report active for months. "All the while, Ms. Martinez has been publicly active on Instagram and Twitter. After writing on Sept. 17 that she was giving up social media for 'the next several weeks' — a time that corresponds with the filming of 'The Bachelor — she began posting photos on Instagram again on Nov. 22."